Sleigh-dasher screen



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I SLBIGHv DASHBR' SCREEN. No. 292,275. f Patented Ja.n22, 1884.

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vSAMUEL R; BAILEY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

sLEloH-DASHER SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 292,275, dated January 22,1884.

Application tiled November 23, 1833. (No model.)

51.) @ZZ whom i may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. BAILEY, of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleigh-Dashei-Screens, which will, in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described, and speciiicall y dened in the appended claim.

This invention relates to the screen which is arranged upon sleigh-flashers at the front part thereof in a vertical plane, for the purpose of arresting the lumps of snow which are thrown backward from the `feet of the horse; and the invention consists in combining with the sleigh-dasher' a screen composed of glass, either transparent or reflective, secured in a suitable frame adapted to be secured to the sleigh.'

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a sleigh having my improved dasher-screen thereto applied. Fig. 2 is a detached sectional elevation, showing the screen as formed with transparent glass, the end of the frame being shown in elevation, the glass and the upper and lower bars of the frame being shown in vertical transverse section. Fig. 3 is a View like Fig. 2, except that a backing of felt anda wood panel are shown behind the glass, which are used when the latter is reflective, and a section of the runner and dasher are shown, 'as also the means of securing the screen in position upon the sleigh. Fig. 4 is also a'view like Fig. 2, eX-

cept that the frame is shown as formed of metal, instead of wood, as in the former figures.

Heretofore screens formed of woven wire secured in a frame of metal have been arranged upon sleigh-dashers. These screens are ornamented by being plated with incorrodible metal-such as nickel, silver, or goldand they are not only very costly, but ar'e also unduly heavy, especially in view of the position they occupy and the necessarily limited strength of the parts upon which they are supported. 'Io provide a screen that will be light, ornamental, cheap, and durable, and

-that will neither tarnish or oorrode, I have conceived the idea of employing plate-glass,

secured in a suitable frame adapted to be se-.

5o cured to the dasher, as such screen.

.width of groove in the frame.

Aners being further strengthened by iron d.

these are employed, the several parts being 7o;

assembled in place, and the bars secured'together by glue at the several intersections. This frame is secured to dash-rail c by screws 7c, passing up through said bar c and threaded in lower bar, c, as shown Fig. 3; and the frame is further supported and braced by small metal stays Z, which are attached to it and to runners a, as shown in Fig. l. Instead of forming the frame of wood, it may be formed of metal longitudinally folded to form a groove -to receive the glass, as shown in Fig. 4.-, and if the packing tand wood panel j are employed, the metal is so folded as to give the required lVhen the frame is thus formed of metal, it may be in one entire piece, bent at the corners, with curves of small radius, the abutting ends being united in any of the well-known methods; or the frame may be formed of the several pieces employed in the wood frame, the intersecting angles being secured by ornamental re-enforce figures, or in any of the various methods V known to metal-workers, but I. prefer a wood frame, as being cheaper, neater, and lighter, such lwooden frame being preferably formed of 95 rosewood,`cherry, or other ornamental Wood varnished or polished, instead of being painted. When it is desired to have the panels of the screen reflective instead of transparent, the panels h are of glass that has been silvered or 10o I claim as my inveution- The combination, with a sleigh, of :t screen formed of thiol: glass, either transparent or 15 reective, mounted in a supportingrame, and secured upon the dasher7 substantially as specified.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY.

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